Level: 26
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 30,000
Level: 26
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 30,000
Yasuhiro Waki raised to 175,000 in the cutoff and Michael Sklenicka moved all in from the big blind. Waki quickly called off his entire stack of 395,000 and the cards were on their backs.
Yasuhiro Waki:
Michael Sklenicka:
The flop came to give Waki the lead with a pair of aces. As he did a lap around the room and shouted to the rafters, the and completed the board to secure his double-up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Michael Sklenicka |
1,095,000
-385,000
|
-385,000 |
Yasuhiro Waki |
825,000
445,000
|
445,000 |
The action folded to Sebastien Jung on the button who made it 50,000 to go. Iacopo Brandi shoved all in for 320,000 from the small blind and Jung gave it some thought before making the call.
Iacopo Brandi:
Sebastien Jung:
The flop came and Brandi took a commanding lead with a set of sevens. The on the turn left Jung drawing dead to the on the river as he passed over a double-up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Iacopo Brandi |
690,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
Sebastien Jung |
635,000
-455,000
|
-455,000 |
Hannes Jeschka jammed his last 185,000 and Robert Macsim called from the cutoff before Gerbo Szabo went all in for 435,000 from the small blind. Macsim called and action was three ways with Jeschka and Szabo at risk.
Hannes Jeschka:
Gerbo Szabo:
Robert Macsim:
The board ran out and Macsim made sixes and deuces to eliminate both players from the tournament.
A few moments later, Jeschka pulled the Platinum Pass and secured his entry into the 2023 PokerStars Players Championship in January.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Robert Macsim |
2,600,000
775,000
|
775,000 |
|
||
Hannes Jeschka | Busted | |
Gergo Szabo | Busted |
Michael Sklenicka limped in from the small blind and Bruno Soutavong checked his option. The flop came and Sklenicka led out with a bet of 40,000 which Soutavong called.
The turn brought the and Sklenicka pushed out another bet of 170,000. Soutavong thought for over a minute before deciding to send his cards to the muck.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Michael Sklenicka |
1,480,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
Bruno Soutavong |
725,000
-120,000
|
-120,000 |
Level: 25
Blinds: 10,000/25,000
Ante: 25,000
John Dwyer raised to 130,000 from the small blind and went into the tank when Martin Stausholm shoved with much more from the big blind. After a few moments of thought, Dwyer got away from it to give Stausholm the early pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Martin Stausholm |
1,300,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
John Dwyer |
365,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
The button will be starting in seat six with 10 minutes remaining in level 24. There will be a redraw at nine players and the cards are now in the air on Day 3.
Level: 24
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000
Welcome to the Day 3 finale of ��3,000 Platinum Pass Mystery Bounty at PokerStars European Poker Tour London at Hilton Park Lane. Cards go in the air at 12 p.m.
The tournament drew 461 entries for a prize pool of ��791,076, from which the winner will take home ��154,426. The remaining 16 players are all guaranteed at least ��8,300.
Robert Macsim is the chip leader and he��s followed at the top of the leaderboard by Andrew Wilson and Michael Sklenicka. Pavel Plesuv and Blaz Zerjav make up the rest of the top five.
Rank | Name | Country | Chip Count | Day 3 Big Blinds |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Robert Macsim | Romania | 1,825,000 | 91 |
2 | Andrew Wilson | United Kingdom | 1,635,000 | 82 |
3 | Michael Sklenicka | Czech Republic | 1,520,000 | 76 |
4 | Pavel Plesuv | Moldova | 1,350,000 | 68 |
5 | Blaz Zerjav | Slovenia | 1,190,000 | 60 |
6 | Sebastien Jung | United Kingdom | 1,090,000 | 55 |
7 | Martin Stausholm | Denmark | 1,050,000 | 53 |
8 | Bruno Soutavong | France | 845,000 | 42 |
9 | Santhosh Suvarna | India | 735,000 | 37 |
10 | Paul Tedeschi | France | 465,000 | 23 |
Several of the top bounties have already been claimed, but the Platinum Pass still remains in the hopper and one player will win a trip to the 2023 PokerStars Players Championship in January. There is also a ��10,000 prize left for one lucky winner.
Prize | Count | Remaining | Total |
---|---|---|---|
��100,000 | 1 | 0 | ��100,000 |
��50,000 | 1 | 0 | ��50,000 |
��25,000 | 2 | 0 | ��50,000 |
��10,000 | 3 | 1 | ��30,000 |
��5,000 | 5 | 0 | ��25,000 |
��2,000 | 7 | 1 | ��14,000 |
��1,000 | 190 | 19 | ��190,000 |
��1,000+Draw again | 2 | 0 | ��2,000 |
Platinum Pass | 1 | 1 | $30,000 |
Play will resume with just over 10 minutes remaining in Level 24 with blinds at 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante. Action will continue today until a winner is declared.
Be sure to keep it with the PokerNews team all day long for live updates from EPT London at Hilton Park Lane.